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Ari Govshteyn

2012
Houston Sword Sports
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 1 4 14 1 20
Losses - 3 26 26 10 65
Win ratio - 25.0% 13.3% 35.0% 9.1% 23.5%
Pool victories - 1 3 12 1 17
Pool losses - 2 21 19 8 50
Pool win ratio - 33.3% 12.5% 38.7% 11.1% 25.4%
DE victories - - 1 2 - 3
DE losses - 1 5 7 2 15
DE win ratio - 0.0% 16.7% 22.2% 0.0% 16.7%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - 3 5 1 9
Easy wins % - 0.0% 75.0% 35.7% 100.0% 45.0%
Close wins‡ - 1 1 3 - 5
Close wins % - 100.0% 25.0% 21.4% 0.0% 25.0%
Close losses‡ - - 1 5 - 6
Close losses % - 0.0% 3.8% 19.2% 0.0% 9.2%
Big losses† - 2 18 12 8 40
Big losses % - 66.7% 69.2% 46.2% 80.0% 61.5%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Losses - - - - 1 1
Losses % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 1.5%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 1.2%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 1 5 7 2 15
Tournaments - 1 5 6 2 14

Competition history

15 competitions, 85 bouts

HSS Fall Friendlies 2024

Y-14 Mixed Foil U, Y14 September 8, 2024

Place 3 of 4 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 GOVSHTEYN Avi 2 - U 1 Houston Sword Sports 783 621 21.0 40%
Pool
V 5:4 LOTURCO Annabella 3 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy / Houston Sword Sports - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 AKINBAMIRO Peluola 4 - U 2 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -
T4
D 8:15 AKINBAMIRO Peluola 4 - U 2 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -

HSS Spring Friendlies 2024

Y-14 Mixed Foil U, Y14 May 4, 2024

Place 7 of 7 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GOVSHTEYN Avi 5 - U 3 Houston Sword Sports 653 659 27.7 50%
Pool
D 2:5 MUHAMMAD Isma'il 3 - U 3 Houston Sword Sports 2500 631 1.6 3%
Pool
D 1:5 KRISHNAN Maya 2 - U 6 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 GAFFORD Roman 1 - E23 1 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1689 630 3.2 4%
Pool
D 0:5 CHEW Brandon 4 - U 2 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 1446 627 6.1 9%
Pool
D 1:5 SANDOVAL Clementine 7 - U 5 - - - -
T8
D 2:15 CHEW Brandon 4 - U 2 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 1779 1198 46.0 21%

Wang Memorial Div1A/2 ROC and RYC

Y-12 Men's Foil U, Y12 March 23, 2024

Place 15 of 17 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 TEOH Liam 14 - U 8 Austin Fencers Club 670 749 34.3 55%
Pool
D 0:5 CHIANG Aiden 17 - U 5 Space City Fencing Academy / Orange County Fencing Center 1090 715 17.0 27%
Pool
D 3:5 HUDSON Arav 4 - U 13 Pegasus Sword Academy Inc. 702 698 28.7 50%
Pool
D 0:5 POPOKH Luca 3 102 U 3 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1300 669 9.8 15%
T16
D 2:15 POPOKH Luca 3 102 U 3 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1584 1279 80.7 33%

HSS Fall Friendlies 2023

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 November 5, 2023

Place 3 of 6 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 BUTTERFRAS Amelia 4 - U 6 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 YU Sien 2 - U 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 MU Andy 1 - U 3 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2500 751 2.3 5%
Pool
V 5:4 LI Annabelle 5 - U 2 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 SANTRA DASTIDAR Asmi 6 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
T8
V 15:8 BUTTERFRAS Amelia 4 - U 6 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
T4
D 7:15 YU Sien 2 - U 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -

Alliance Fencing RYC / RJCC

Y-12 Men's Foil U, Y12 September 23, 2023

Place 20 of 22 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 JIN Xuechong Daniel 22 - U 2 Space City Fencing Academy 1292 791 15.1 21%
Pool
D 4:5 WEBSTER Liam 5 - U 17 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1274 776 14.7 22%
Pool
D 0:5 FRANKIE Jasper 13 - U 10 Space City Fencing Academy 1440 761 10.1 14%
T32
D 4:15 LIU Hongyi 18 - U 13 Space City Fencing Academy / Space City Fencing Academy (pearland) 1367 1401 121.5 52%

North Texas Roundup SYC / RCC

Y-12 Men's Foil U, Y12 September 4, 2023

Place 59 of 62 Seed 61 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 KIM Gene 45 - U 11 Austin Fencers Club 1464 876 14.9 18%
Pool
D 0:5 GE Felix Fei 11 40 U 14 Renaissance Fencing Club 1680 861 8.6 9%
Pool
D 0:5 ONG Nicholas 8 21 U 12 Elite International Fencers Club 1723 852 7.5 8%
Pool
D 0:5 YE Jerry 26 - U 35 LA International Fencing / Team Touche Fencing Center 1216 845 20.9 27%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHAI Alex 29 - U 40 East Coast Fencing Club 1286 824 17.2 23%
Pool
D 3:5 WEBSTER Liam 47 - U 52 Fencing Institute Of Texas 1297 807 15.7 23%
T64
D 1:15 RODRIGUEZ Tyler 6 14 E23 3 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2016 1472 71.2 22%

Weekend Warrior #6

Y-10 Mixed Foil U, Y10 June 17, 2023

Place 3 of 5 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 LOURIE Nathan 3 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 899 877 36.3 49%
Pool
D 2:5 CANCINO Mateo 4 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 944 913 37.1 48%
Pool
D 2:5 YU Sien 2 - U 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 ZHANG Melody 5 - U 2 Bayou City Fencing Academy - - - -
T8
V 10:7 LOURIE Nathan 3 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 1587 1316 155.6 39%
T4
D 8:10 YU Sien 2 - U 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy - - - -

HSS Summer Friendlies 2023

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 June 11, 2023

Place 3 of 5 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 GOVSHTEYN Avi 5 - U 1 Houston Sword Sports 923 825 54.6 44%
Pool
V 5:1 MERICLI Malcolm 1 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 1219 880 54.2 33%
Pool
D 4:5 JOHNSTON Graham 3 - U 2 Houston Sword Sports 1218 934 29.4 33%
Pool
D 2:5 JUAREZ Emilio 4 - U 3 Houston Sword Sports 1176 904 27.4 35%
T4
D 10:15 GOVSHTEYN Avi 5 - U 1 Houston Sword Sports 1612 1470 154.1 43%

Weekend Warrior #5

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 May 6, 2023

Place 3 of 5 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 HO Peyton 2 - U 1 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 JOHNSTON Graham 1 - U 2 Houston Sword Sports 1254 793 86.1 25%
Pool
D 4:5 ZHANG Melody 4 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 GOVSHTEYN Avi 5 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 833 879 54.4 53%
T4
D 7:15 HO Peyton 2 - U 1 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -

Weekend Warrior #5

Y-10 Mixed Foil U, Y10 May 6, 2023

Place 3 of 5 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 TORNBERG Winston 4 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 1260 823 99.2 27%
Pool
V 5:3 HO Peyton 3 - U 1 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 CANCINO Mateo 2 - U 2 Bayou City Fencing Academy 888 922 65.5 52%
Pool
D 4:5 LANG Howard 5 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 740 857 63.8 57%
T4
D 4:10 CANCINO Mateo 2 - U 2 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1485 1738 267.9 62%

Jelly Bean Youth and Cadet

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 April 22, 2023

Place 8 of 11 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 MAYERICH Cora 3 - U 10 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 JOHNSTON Graham 2 - U 2 Houston Sword Sports 1726 882 20.5 13%
Pool
D 3:5 MERICLI Malcolm 11 - U 6 Houston Sword Sports 1483 861 28.3 23%
Pool
D 1:5 QUARLESS Tristan 10 - U 5 Houston Sword Sports 2083 833 9.9 7%
T16
V 15:4 LOURIE Nathan 9 - U 9 Houston Sword Sports 2500 1377 361.6 16%
T8
D 3:15 NWODO Naila 7 - U 1 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -

Weekend Warrior #4

Y-10 Mixed Foil U, Y10 March 11, 2023

Place 3 of 6 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Leo 1 - U 1 Houston Sword Sports 983 530 54.5 27%
Pool
V 5:1 TORNBERG Winston 4 - U 3 Houston Sword Sports 2605 475 200.9 2%
Pool
V 5:0 GUTIERREZ Noah 6 - U 6 Bayou City Fencing Academy 747 676 83.9 46%
Pool
V 5:2 WEAVER Brooklyn 2 - U 5 League City Fencers Club / Rogue Fencers Guild - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 CANCINO Mateo 5 - U 2 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1227 760 121.8 26%
T4
D 5:10 LEE Leo 1 - U 1 Houston Sword Sports 1944 1577 200.3 35%

March NAC and Parafencing National Championships

Y-10 Men's Foil E1, Y10 March 3, 2023

Place 92 of 94 Seed 86 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 TEOH Liam 82 - U 82 Austin Fencers Club 567 1024 288.8 73%
Pool
D 1:5 VALENCIA Beryn 59 - U 71 Denver Fencing Center 1287 735 70.3 22%
Pool
D 0:5 FUKUDA Brando 3 3 U 5 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 1866 665 15.4 4%
Pool
D 0:5 TSUI Raedyn Ho Hin 26 29 U 38 SoCAL Fencing Center 1553 649 30.3 9%
Pool
D 3:5 AMR HOSSNY Adam 54 74 U 50 South Brooklyn Fencing 1096 619 63.6 24%
Pool
D 0:5 GE Felix Fei 31 32 U 18 Renaissance Fencing Club 1447 555 25.5 9%
T128
D 0:10 ZENG Albert 47 55 U 43 Baker County Fencing Club / Invictus Fencing 1676 2500 923.2 79%

HSS Spring Friendlies 2022

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 March 20, 2022

Place 12 of 12 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 GORMAN Deborah 7 - U 3 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 MIKHAIL Charlie 12 - U 10 Houston Sword Sports 2500 1227 52.5 13%
Pool
D 0:5 GAFFORD Roman 2 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 2015 1175 76.1 14%
Pool
D 0:5 DONOHUE Taylor 6 - U 1 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 1862 1099 74.8 16%
Pool
D 2:5 LI Jasmine 3 - U 6 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
D 2:15 LI Jasmine 3 - U 6 Space City Fencing Academy - - - -

HSS Winter Friendlies 2022

Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 January 30, 2022

Place 11 of 15 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Houston Sword Sports

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 JUAREZ Emilio 2 - U 8 Houston Sword Sports 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 BEHNKE Lucas 5 - U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1598 2079 624.3 69%
Pool
D 2:4 FLETCHER Maxton 14 - U 5 Deer Park Fencers Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1524 1455 227.9 47%
Pool
V 5:1 MURRAY Isla 9 - U 15 Houston Sword Sports - - - -
T16
D 2:15 GORMAN Deborah 13 - U 6 Houston Sword Sports - - - -